After it had subsided, a number of countries in Asia had to face another surge until a new wave COVID-19. There are those who have to fight against the ‘king variant’ B1351 from South Africa which triggers the transmission faster.
These countries have been forced to return to lockdown due to the new wave of COVID-19. Anything? The following is a list of countries in Asia.
1. India
India has seen a decline in cases for weeks. However, the spike in COVID-19 occurred again, as of Saturday (20/3/2021), there were 40,593 cases of COVID-19 recorded, the highest since four months ago.
The number of Corona cases in India has increased by 188, bringing the total to 159,404 people. This record shows India to be one of the countries most affected by COVID-19 in the world besides the United States and Brazil.
Several regions in India have returned to lockdown, a number of restaurants have closed again. Doctors in India said the new wave of COVID-19 emerged as a result of many of them no longer implementing health protocols.
The country with a population of 112 million people has imposed a lockdown in several districts and restricted cinemas, hotels and restaurants to the end of the month.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray warned that a wider lockdown was an option, according to local media.
India’s increase in COVID-19 cases peaked at nearly 100,000 per day in September, and continued to decline until the end of last month, Reuters reported.
2. Filipina
The entry varian Corona the ‘king’ to the Philippines is making their country face another new wave of COVID-19. The Philippines, which has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Southeast Asia, is facing a new wave of infections, with nearly 20,000 new cases reported in the past four days.
Philippine health officials detected 46 cases of the new British COVID-19 variant (B117), and 62 more cases of the South African ‘king variant B1351’ variant, and 6 cases of the new variant found in the Philippines.
“This additional case is among the 150 samples, mostly consisting of laboratory samples of the National Capital Territory. Information on cases with this variant is being investigated and verified,” said the Philippine health department (DOH), quoted by Arab News.
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